It's all Real Madrid now. Levante completely penned in. The hosts fail to clear the corner and Isco chips over from the edge of the box. That was ambitious.

Why take one long-range deflected strike if you can take two? Federico Valverde blasts one in from 30 yards which comes back to him via a defender. He has another go but this one is wide - via a defender.

Maybe it was more like 30 or 35 yards out and Gareth Bale hammers it towards goal. It swerves in the air and goes just wide. Just.

Eden Hazard wins a corner now.

Isco is fouled and Real win a free-kick maybe 40 yards out. Gareth Bale fancies it...

Nice from Isco. He shuffles onto his right foot and curls a shot in which catches a deflection which takes it just beyond Karim Benzema's head and Lucas Vazquez.

Trouble in Nice v Marseille in France. Bottles were thrown on the pitch by fans so Dimitri Payet threw one of them back in the crowd - and angry fans swarmed the pitch.

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It's 32C even though it's 10:30pm in Valencia. The players take an official drinks break.

WOOOOF. David Alaba goes close with a thunderbolt from 25 yards.

He's starting the season at left-back because Ferland Mendy and Marcelo are unavailable - but is likely to end up at centre-back.

Levante left-back Carlos Clerc is booked for an aerial collision with Lucas Vazquez.

Eder Militao needs a new shirt because he has blood on his one.

I can't say I expected Gareth Bale to be starting for Real Madrid this season.

A lot of the pre-season rumours were about whether he would retire - or just see out his contract at Real without getting near the team so he could play at the World Cup if Wales get there.

Eder Militao does well to head a cross out of the danger zone and Jose Luis Morales' follow-up cross is poor.

Tammy Abraham's Roma debut is going well. Jose Mourinho's side lead Fiorentina 2-1.

Gareth Bale tries to improvise a shot but it goes well. A cross was deflected on its way in and he stubbed a volley but couldn't get it on target.

Real work the ball from the left into Federico Valverde, who lashes in a shot from 25 yards. It's well wide, although Gareth Bale did try to flick it towards goal in the box.

Levante are pinging some good balls into the box but Real Madrid's defence are dealing with them.

Nacho and Eder Militao isn't a bad centre-back partnership considering their previous first-choice pair left this summer.

Karim Benzema takes a few brilliant touches in the box to take the ball down. Sadly one of them was off his arm.

That was Gareth Bale's 106th goal for Real Madrid.

They lost only one of their 81 previous matches Bale scored in (W71 D9 L1), a 4-2 La Liga defeat at Real Sociedad on 31 August 2014.

Risky goalkeeping by Aitor Fernandez to nudge the ball past Karim Benzema - but it works and he clears.

Jorge de Frutos is just unable to get his head onto a Jose Luis Morales cross.

And now Roger Marti flicks a header wide. Better from the hosts.